Health

Oregon Activists Look to Grassroots Approach to Win Universal Health Care
May 14, 2012
[...] Three activists from the Vermont Workers Center toured Oregon in December at the invitation of local Jobs with Justice chapters to spread the word on how they won landmark legislation laying the groundwork for a single-payer health care system in their state. Their essential message: take... Keep Reading »
Toward a People's Budget: Vermont Adopts New Vision for State Spending and Revenue Policies - Huffington Post
May 7, 2012
Almost exactly one year after enacting the United States' first universal health care law, the state of Vermont is once again showing the country that another world really is possible. In the wake of an impressively large and diverse May Day rally for human rights, the state legislature... Keep Reading »
Vermonters Demand Their Human Rights at Huge May Day Rally
May 3, 2012
This May Day, the Vermont Workers' Center brought a range of people's struggles together under the banner of "Put People First." Expanding the focus of the now famous "Healthcare Is a Human Right" rallies, held since 2009 in Vermont's capitol, Montpelier, this year... Keep Reading »
Oregon Coalition Starts Campaigning for Human Right to Health Care
April 25, 2012
Taking a page from Vermont’s playbook, Oregon reform advocates plan to launch a major campaign to have health care declared a human right. “It means you get the care you need when you need it,” said Dr. Mike Huntington of Corvallis, the newly elected president of Health Care... Keep Reading »
First Step Toward a People's Budget Passed by Vermont Senate Committee
April 24, 2012
The People's Budget Campaign in Vermont has successfully pushed to define the purpose of the state budget as addressing "the needs of the people of Vermont in a way that advances human dignity and equity." After constituents from across Vermont, mobilized by the Vermont Workers... Keep Reading »
Haslam: Vermont Strong = Putting People First
April 18, 2012
The response to the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene should make us proud to be Vermonters. Thousands of people volunteered and contributed to efforts to get communities back on their feet. The new “I Am Vermont Strong” campaign has tapped into this community pride with the goal of... Keep Reading »
The People’s Budget Bill: In Times of Austerity, a Tool for Rights-Based Change
April 2, 2012
Vermont’s Put People First Campaign is organizing communities for a proactive solution to budget cuts and health care financing reform. Recalling that the real purpose of budget and revenue policies is to meet people’s fundamental needs, the Campaign has developed, in partnership... Keep Reading »
Supreme Court Arguments Favor Tax-funded, Public Health Care System
March 27, 2012
Case for Market-Based Health Reform Challenged in Supreme Court Hearing During the second day of arguments in the Supreme Court’s review of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a number of Justices, along with a lawyer for the plaintiffs, pointed to a tax-funded, public health care system as a... Keep Reading »
The Right to Health Care Is Not on Trial: Does the Supreme Court’s Review of Health Reform Matter?
March 26, 2012
As the U.S. Supreme Court embarks on its review of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), advocacy for and against the law is reaching fever pitch, driven by long and intensive planning efforts. If only the vision for a truly universal, publicly funded health care system attracted... Keep Reading »
International Women’s Day: Attacks Increase on Women’s Health Rights in the United States
March 8, 2012
Today is International Women’s Day, a symbolic day to “join women around the globe in solidarity for human rights, dignity and equality.” Yet these are challenging times for women in the United States. Attacks on women’s human rights have increased, reproductive rights are... Keep Reading »